Cocaine~
Cocaine is made from processing the leaves of a coca plant by either solvent extraction or acid extraction. The leaves are picked from the coca plant and are processed into a paste. The paste is then purified to produce coca base, which is then transformed intococaine hydrochloride, the powdered form of cocaine.
Coca-cola~
The process
The production cycle starts with sugar, fruit juices, flavours and concentrate or beverage base. The finished products will be packaged in PET or glass bottles, metal cans, bag in box or kegs.
Water treatment
The water used in the production process is subjected to special treatments that ensure the microbiological safety and the correct concentration of naturally dissolved salts, in compliance with specific compositional and sensory characteristics.
The syrup
The syrup is prepared in special tanks by dissolving sugar in the treated water, then filtering the water to remove any impurities. Only after this, this “simple syrup” is mixed with “concentrate” or the various “basic preparations” used for the various drinks, thus becoming “final syrup”.
A flash pasteurisation thermal process ensures that even the most sensitive products will not alter their sensory characteristics during their shelf life.
Filling and packaging
The treated and cooled water is mixed with the final syrup and, for sparkling drinks, with the carbon dioxide that gives the product its characteristic effervescence.
The drink is then ready to be packaged: every hour, tens of thousands of perfectly clean containers are filled, hermetically sealed, labelled, coded and tested in modern automatic plants. The glass bottles are placed in boxes, while the nonreturnable glass bottles, PET bottles and cans go into various multi-packs.